Confused crowd watches gymnast's shorts keep falling off during championship floor routine
This freshman gymnast is making people wax nostalgic for their old locker room days at school with his “cheeky” adventures.
Thanks to a viral video that captured this man’s shorts attempting to take a leave of absence right in the middle of his floor routine, even he can’t stop laughing!
Do you remember dreading P.E. class when you were in school?
If you weren’t very athletic or hated running laps, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
The really smart ones among us could put on their best poker-face smile and hand the teacher a fake doctor’s note about an equally fake injury.
When University of Nebraska’s Toby Liang competed for Team USA at the 2022 Junior Pan American Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, he knew he’d be up against some pretty stiff competition.
He probably wished he had a real doctor’s note to get him out of trouble that day.
Unfortunately for him, no amount of training could prepare him for a winner-take-all battle against one of the strongest forces on the planet: GRAVITY!
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Toby was actually faring pretty well at first, doing the usual flippity-flips, landing on his two feet without breaking his neck – you know, all the standard gymnastics stuff that people love ooh and ahh over.
But then his shorts got a mind of its own and started creeping down his leg!
Do you remember back in the mid-90s when boys used to wear baggy pants that hung past their underwear and settled in somewhere around their knees?
That’s kind of what poor Toby’s situation was like.
Except, he didn’t actually want his pantsicles to keep dropping to the floor like he was one of the teens from Clueless!
But, each time he flew into the air, and with each successive breathtaking flip he took, things just seemed to get worse!
No matter how many times Toby kept pulling up his shorts, an invisible power kept yanking them right back down.
After a while, he just owned the awkward moment and became oblivious to the saggy adult diaper wrecking havoc on his routine.
Twitter, meanwhile, absolutely loved it! But, some folks did have some fashion tips for the adorably clueless athlete.
Christy Baughman wondered if perhaps Toby grabbed someone else’s man-knickers by mistake, whereas SueAnn Eason suggested that he should just cinch the elastic drawstring tighter.
Despite the slightly embarrassing de-pantsing incident, Toby’s athleticism helped Team USA win its second consecutive gold medal in the team competition.
But he also achieved something else far grander than everyday sportsmanship.
This freshman is now the poster boy for every person out there who has ever had their trousers pulled down as a prank!
Although Toby placed 4th overall for the Men’s All-Around Results with a score of 75.450, for some reason his name didn’t make the list for the “Men’s Floor Qualification Results” category.
Maybe next time he’ll consider either wearing a smaller size or eating a bigger meal.
Watch the video below to see which part of Toby comes out on top (spoiler alert: it’s not the shorts).
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Source: Gymnasts Inspire, Huskers, Gymter